英语词汇“quixotic”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Use quixotic for someone or something that is romantic and unrealistic, or possessed by almost impossible hopes. Your quixotic task is easy to understand, if difficult to achieve: establish world peace.

What a wonderful word quixotic is! While it is most often used to mean equally impractical and idealistic, it also has the sense of romantic nobility. Its source is from the great Spanish novel "Don Quixote," whose title character is given to unrealistic schemes and great chivalry. In the middle of a recession and high unemployment, it would be quixotic to imagine that you could quit your job and find another easily.

TASTY MORSELS

Nothing's "Quixotic" About This School's Vocabulary Bowl Ambitions

The 2015-2016 Vocabulary Bowl has just kicked off, and already one school has big dreams.

First Colonial High School of Virginia Beach, VA, has broken on to the national leaderboard and has their sights on #1. But just as impressive is a video from English teacher James Godfrey celebrating their progress by explicating an A+ vocabulary word, quixotic. He even roped in a colleague, orchestra teacher Alexander Mason, to sing "The Impossible Dream" backed by the string section of First Colonial's student orchestra.

This brilliant piece of video-wordcraft just made our day, and we challenge you to watch it without smiling.

For a school that celebrates this hard, we can only imagine that the best is yet to come. Go, First Colonial!

Teachers: Want to build a culture of word learning in your school? Make a video like this one, put your principal in a dunk tank, throw a word-learning party, or come up with your own wacky and wonderful method...then let us know! We want to share your strategies for inspiring word learning at your school with the teachers and administrators getting to know Vocabulary.com.

And if your school hasn't joined in the Vocabulary Bowl, get started now! Maybe your students can dream the not-so-impossible dream.

WORD FAMILY

quixotic: quixotically, quixotism+/quixotism: quixotisms

USAGE EXAMPLES

When the “Fight for $15” movement to bring about a fifteen-dollar-an-hour minimum wage got started, four years ago, it seemed like a thoroughly quixotic quest.

The New Yorker(Dec 28, 2016)

That does not deter Woodward and others in their perhaps Quixotic quest to save the old chapel.

Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016)

In some respects, that remains a quixotic project.

The New Yorker(Dec 21, 2016)

adj not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic

as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood

Syn

romantic, wild-eyed
impractical

not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters

单词	quixotic
释义	quixotic (once / 4885 pages) adj Use quixotic for someone or something that is romantic and unrealistic, or possessed by almost impossible hopes. Your quixotic task is easy to understand, if difficult to achieve: establish world peace. What a wonderful word quixotic is! While it is most often used to mean equally impractical and idealistic, it also has the sense of romantic nobility. Its source is from the great Spanish novel "Don Quixote," whose title character is given to unrealistic schemes and great chivalry. In the middle of a recession and high unemployment, it would be quixotic to imagine that you could quit your job and find another easily. TASTY MORSELS Nothing's "Quixotic" About This School's Vocabulary Bowl Ambitions The 2015-2016 Vocabulary Bowl has just kicked off, and already one school has big dreams. First Colonial High School of Virginia Beach, VA, has broken on to the national leaderboard and has their sights on #1. But just as impressive is a video from English teacher James Godfrey celebrating their progress by explicating an A+ vocabulary word, quixotic. He even roped in a colleague, orchestra teacher Alexander Mason, to sing "The Impossible Dream" backed by the string section of First Colonial's student orchestra. This brilliant piece of video-wordcraft just made our day, and we challenge you to watch it without smiling. For a school that celebrates this hard, we can only imagine that the best is yet to come. Go, First Colonial! Teachers: Want to build a culture of word learning in your school? Make a video like this one, put your principal in a dunk tank, throw a word-learning party, or come up with your own wacky and wonderful method...then let us know! We want to share your strategies for inspiring word learning at your school with the teachers and administrators getting to know Vocabulary.com. And if your school hasn't joined in the Vocabulary Bowl, get started now! Maybe your students can dream the not-so-impossible dream. WORD FAMILY quixotic: quixotically, quixotism+/quixotism: quixotisms USAGE EXAMPLES When the “Fight for $15” movement to bring about a fifteen-dollar-an-hour minimum wage got started, four years ago, it seemed like a thoroughly quixotic quest. The New Yorker(Dec 28, 2016) That does not deter Woodward and others in their perhaps Quixotic quest to save the old chapel. Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) In some respects, that remains a quixotic project. The New Yorker(Dec 21, 2016) adj not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic as quixotic as a restoration of medieval knighthood Syn romantic, wild-eyed impractical not practical; not workable or not given to practical matters
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